A 19 YEAR OLD man has been arrested by police officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command on suspicion of dissemination of terrorist publications, contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2002. The arrest was made at an undisclosed ...

Aspire Councillor Kabir Ahmed (Weavers Ward) stood by his decision to take a motion on the knife crime emergency in Tower Hamlets to the Council meeting on Wednesday, 17th November. The motion was based on a petition drafted by Maium ...

TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...

Muhammad Hamza SYLHET EXPRESS, a collective of former cricketers and supporters hailing from the Bangladeshi region of Sylhet, held an evening of celebration to highlight charitable efforts taken to support those in need.  The project has gone from strength to ...

Emdad Rahman A SUCCESSFUL tournament organised by London Sportif was delivered jointly at the Newham leisure centre and the London Enterprise Academy in Tower Hamlets.  One hundred and eight teams from all over the country – including London, Birmingham, Cambridge, ...

TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...

Capital Kids Cricket, its supporters and partners have expressed their delighted that their Chief Executive Officer, Shahidul Alam Ratan, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London in a ceremony at Guildhall. Ratan was nominated to for the Freedom of City of London by ...

EAST LONDONER EMDAD RAHMAN and #bookbikeondon – his social enterprise project –have featured in a national book of hope in recognition of his outstanding volunteering services to the greater community.  One Hundred Reasons To Hope by Danielle Brown MBE is ...

AMIR KHAN, the former unified Light Welterweight World Champion, and his wife, the global influencer Faryal Makhdoom, were  the guests of honour as The Ottoman Doner opened the doors to a new venture in Redbridge. Huge crowds gathered in Ilford ...

INTERFAITH WEEK has prompted three organisations which focus on youth work to come together and explore interfaith youth work and how organisations can develop a practice which recognises and responds to the faith of young people. The three organisations – ...